Decorative shrubs for summer cottages

I remember from childhood our mothers and grandmothers inspired us that the dacha is a place for growing healthy vegetables. There it is necessary to work hard, and not to fry shish kebabs and admire nature, otherwise there will be nothing to eat in winter. But time passes, and views on suburban life change. Today, especially for residents of big cities, the dacha becomes primarily a corner of peace and rest. So, and arrange it must be in a new way, with taste, beautiful and cozy. The best assistants in this arrangement are increasingly becoming decorative shrubs for cottages, and which ones and what to do with them, we'll talk today.


Types of decorative shrubs for cottages and gardens

To date, there is a huge variety of decorative representatives of the green kingdom, and every year breeders bring out more and more varieties. Some of them have an unusual shape of the crown, like willow goat, acacia, Hakura-Nishiki willow or globular and pyramidal boxwood. Others can boast of bright, unusual color and size of foliage, for example, vesicle, stephanandra, elder, spikeya crespa or spindle. Still others are distinguished by lush flowering or original fruits. Among them, we can mention the prickly Irgu, fragrant jasmine, the mysterious veygel and, of course, the queen of flowers a rose.

It should be noted that, without exception, decorative shrubs not only look great in landscape design, but also provide practical benefits. Plants with a lush crown and large leaves perfectly protect the site from wind and prying eyes. Falling foliage, rotting, qualitatively fertilizes the soil. And decorative shrubs that blossom throughout the whole summer season not only please the eyes of the owners, but also attract hard-working bees. It seems that the latter circumstance will have the best effect on the overall productivity of the country plot.

How best to place decorative shrubs in the landscape design of the countryside?

Although decorative shrubs, both flowering and plants of other species, are beautiful in themselves, they should not be planted differently. First, chaos has never looked beautiful. And secondly, not all copies harmonize with each other. How to place decorative shrubs in landscape design, and to maintain aesthetics, and do not break too much head, and save money? Here are a few very good options:

  1. If you have a gazebo on the site, you can not think of a better place for a corner of beauty and coziness. Behind the arbor place the bushes with a thick globular crown, and from the sides and at the entrance place the plants lower. And it is desirable that the latter belong to the blossoming. So you will create a romantic island of solitude and peace.
  2. Another option is to arrange several garden ornamental shrubs in the form of a triangle. Sow a small patch of land with lawn grass, in the background on the left place the largest specimen, a little closer and to the right - the middle one, and in the foreground in the middle between the two previous ones - the smallest. You will have a nice clearing with a shadow veil. During the midday heat it will be comfortable to lie on the grass with a book in hand. Yes, and let the children go to such an oasis - a sweet thing.
  3. And with the help of beautiful decorative bushes you can build a piece of the Alps or a mountain waterfall. To do this, we will need either a small stone block, or a small cottage fountain. In the first case, we will place a stone in the center of the composition, around which we will break a green lawn and plant a few coniferous bushes. And in the second, we choose vegetation with twisted shoots and large leaves and arrange them on each side of our "waterfall". And do not forget about the benches, for the alpine slide made of stone, and for the waterfall - made of wood. True, it turned out beautifully? And this is not all the possibilities of scenery. Fantasize, and you will definitely have your own unique project.